Children's Palliative Care Team Nurse | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 30 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 30 May 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester, M13 0RR |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6249692/349-LCO-6249692 |
Summary
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen within the Manchester Local Care Organisation which is part of the Manchester University NHS Foundation trust for a Band 6 to expand there knowledge and skills within Children's community Palliative care.
We are seeking a Registered Children’s Nurse band 6 to join our small team.
We currently have 1 post available 30hrs per week working a four day pattern.
The individual would support families and patients in there own home and in the hospital setting. Acting as patient advocate and coordinating care. Clinical skills are important, along with active listening skills and good communication.
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic nurse with excellent communication skills and good organisational skills and leadership skills, Who can operate as an autonomous practitioner, delivering evidence, based nursing care to children and their families. You will support the team leader in managing team members along with innovations to continue to develop the team.
The Children’s Palliative care team supports children in the community with life limiting and life threatening conditions. Although this is a seven day service you would be expected to operate over four days, from 9am-5pm. You will be part of a 24 hour on call rota, when it is necessary for a child to receive end of life care at home.
You will be part of a forward thinking and friendly team, providing holistic care to families within the community. You will be expected to work closely with our short break facilitators and other professionals within the hospital, community and wider team.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Monday 13 May 2024
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